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Patrons from The Patch, a gay bar in Wilmington owned at the time by Long Beach resident Lee Glaze, hold bouquets outside the Los Angeles Police Department Harbor Station during the 1968 “flower power” protest against police harassment. The protest is a significant milestone in gay history. It took place a year before the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City. Photo courtesy of Lee Glaze.

LONG BEACH – A former bar owner who was at the dawn of the LGBT civil rights movement by protesting Los Angeles police harassment and an attorney who won a discrimination case against Long Beach police will be the latest inductees to Equality Plaza at Harvey Milk Promenade Park.

A total of four community leaders will have their names added to plaques in the plaza, which was created to recognize local LGBTQ community leaders who have battled discrimination and advocated for equal rights and historic preservation.

Members of the local LGBT community who helped the city plan and develop Harvey Milk Promenade Park – named after California’s first openly gay elected official – were stunned to see initial renderings of a new “Outdoor Office” being planned at the park.They say it seems the city is erasing the park elements that spotlight the contributions of the LGBT community and trying to put Milk “in the closet” as it plans to transform the space into an a retail and gathering space. Photo: Courtesy of Vanessa Romain.

LONG BEACH – Members of the local LGBT community who helped the city plan and develop Harvey Milk Promenade Park – named after California’s first openly gay elected official – were stunned to see initial renderings of a new “Outdoor Office” being planned at the park.

They say it seems the city is erasing the park elements that spotlight the contributions of the LGBT community and trying to put Milk “in the closet” as it plans to transform the space into an a retail and gathering space.

Community members and city leaders raise their glasses in honor of Harvey Milk during a the grand opening in May 2013 of the Harvey Milk Promenade Park. The park’s selection committee is seeking nominations for LGBT to be inducted into the park’s Equality Plaza Memorial Wall. Photo by Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer

LONG BEACH – The selection committee for the Harvey Milk Promenade Park – the first park in the nation named for the slain civil rights leader – is seeking nominations for the Equality Plaza Memorial Wall.

Raul Anorve, ccommittee chair, said the group is looking for unsung heros in the local lesbian, gay, transgender and queer community.

A display at The GLBT History Museum tells the story of Jiro Onuma, a gay Japanese immigrant who came to San Francisco in 1920 and who was held in an internment camp during World War II. Photo courtesy of GLBT History Museum.

The 1,600-square-foot museum, part of the GLBT Historical Society, is the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of its kind in the United States. The historical society houses one of the world’s largest collections of LGBT historical materials.